The New Limb

The New Limb is a band from Silver Lake, Los Angeles and made up with Joey Chavez (vocals and guitar), Lauren Salamone (keyboards and vocals), Dan Perez (guitar and vocals), Adam Chavez (drums and vocals) and Dave Berg (bass and 808).

"Known for their incredible live show, stellar harmonies and "genre-bending" sound, rock quintet The New Limb are one of a kind. Pulling influences from a century's worth of song writers and comparisons spanning from Arcade Fire to the Zombies to Stars to the Shins, The New Limb truly has a unique but familiar sound."

They have just released a free mixtape "Inconsistencies". This mixtape features orignal songs, covers, some live in-studio tracks. If I had to choose some of my favorite songs from this mixtape, I think I would keep "Stifled" and "Strength in our bones". The mixtape contains lots of great songs.

The band is also working on a full length album which due out 2013.

Website : http://www.thenewlimb.com/

Facebook : http://www.facebook.com/thenewlimb

Twitter : https://twitter.com/thenewlimb

Youtube : http://www.youtube.com/user/TheNewLimb

Tumblr : http://thenewlimb.tumblr.com/

Merry Christmas !!!

Christmas Songs Series II with Jessi Robertson

Jessi Robertson has covered many classic holiday songs. You can find her set of Christmas Songs on soundcloud.

Christmas Songs Series II with Rebecca Perl

Rebecca Perl wrote a Christmas song called "Staying Warm During Christmas Time".

If you like this song, you can dowload it for free on soundcloud.

Christmas Songs Series II with Heather Bond

Heather Bond wrote a christmas song. This song is "You're not Christmas For Me" and you can buy it on itunes.

Christmas Songs Series II with Adullboy & friends

Adullboy and some of his scottish artists friends Ed Lee, Lovers Turns To Monsters, Crossing Giants and James McKay made a Christmas EP called "Mitletorn - Laments For A Modern Xma$".

All proceeds gained for this EP will be donated to the West Lothian Toy Appeal charity.

Christmas Songs Series II with Penny Rae

Penny Rae is the acoustic collaboration between Randi Ryan and Andrew Adams, and is based in Nashville. They have released a Christmas single called "Baby, it's cold inside".

"From Patti Griffin and Journey to Ben Folds Five and Radiohead, Penny Rae draws on a wide range of musical influences making their sound difficult to define. In an effort to define the band’s sound, Andrew said “Think acoustic-based, vocal-driven Americana. With a little pop/country and minimal hipster. And coffee. Lots of coffee. I will not start wearing unnecessary scarves.”"

Website : http://pennyraemusic.com/

Facebook : http://www.facebook.com/pennyraemusic

Twitter : https://twitter.com/pennyraemusic

Youtube : http://www.youtube.com/pennyraemusic

Christmas Songs Series II with Ben Rector

Ben Rector made a Christmas EP called "Jingles & Bells" and this EP is available for free on noisetrade. If you leave a tip, all tips will go to Second Harvest Food Bank.

Christmas Songs Series II with Maggie McClure & Shane Henry

Maggie McClure & Shane Henry wrote a new original holiday song "First Thing On My Christmas List"

Christmas Songs Series II with Andrew Ripp

Andrew Ripp released a Christmas EP in 2011 called "Light Of Mine". This EP is actually available for free on noisetrade.

For those of you who don't know how noisetrade works yet, the principle is that you can download the music for free in exchange to share the link of it to your friends via twitter, facebook or email. You can also leave a tip to support the music of the artist.

In the case of Andrew Ripp's Christmas EP, all the donations will go to Thistle Farms. Thistle Farms is a residential program for women who have survived lives of prostitution, trafficking, addiction and life on the streets. As part of their rehabilitation the women work making by hand natural bath and body products.

Christmas Songs Series II with Jourdan Myers

Jourdan Myers has done a series of covers of famous Christmas songs. She called this series "Christmas by the fire".

Jourdan Myers - "Silent Night"

Jourdan Myers - "Silver Bells"

Jourdan Myers - "White Christmas"

Christmas Songs Series II with Andrea Hamilton

Andrea Hamilton did a nice cover of the christmas song "Oh Holy Night". The few notes she sings near the end of the song are just amazing. A proof of the talent of this great singer.

Christmas Songs Series II with Sarah & Lindsay

Sarah & Lindsay performed "Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas" during an early morning rehearsal.

Christmas Song Series II with Rachel Kerr

Rachel Kerr is a singer-songwriter based in West Midlans/ London. She is a MOBO Award 2012 Winner and an Urban Music Award 2012 nominee. 

"Rachel’s music is infectious and also is conscious with cleverly written content that is applicable to various interpretations. Rachel is not only a vocal power house, she is a performer, and she is one of few that know how to own the stage. "

Rachel has released her debut EP "Back To Music" in January 2012. "From highly energetic songs like ‘Change’ and ‘Kingdom Soldier’ to Reggae influenced ‘His Love’ an ode to her Jamaican roots to beautiful ballads like ‘No Angel’, ‘Submission’ and ‘Hold my Hand’ it is easy to see Miss Kerr was born to do this. "_ http://christinejoda.tumblr.com/

For the Holiday season, Rachel and her team have given her own rendition of "O Holy Night".

Website : http://rachelkerrmusic.com/
Facebook : http://www.facebook.com/rachelkerrmusic
Twitter : https://twitter.com/Rachelkerrmusic
Youtube : http://www.youtube.com/user/RachelKerrtv

Christmas Songs Series II with Anna Gilbert

Last year, I told you about Anna Gilbert for the first christmas songs series. She made an album with some of well-known Holiday songs. This album is now available for free on noisetrade so do yourself a favor and download this beautiful album. And of course, spread the word about it.

Artists new : Heather Bond, Holly Drummond, Jenny Owen Youngs, Nashville Indie Spotlight

• Heather Bond

Heather Bond's new single "More Than I Ever Did" is now available on itunes.  The song talks about losing someone that you love. This song also features on a special album called Nashville Indie Spotlight.

• Holly Drummond

The young scottish singer-songwriter Holly Drummond has posted a new video on youtube of a new and great original song. The new song is "Cold Outside".

• Jenny Owen Youngs

Jenny Owen Youngs has written 2 new songs for her "Exhibit" project. Last week, she wrote the song "In-Between" after visiting the Brooklyn Museum.

"In-Betweener" was inspired by time spent in the Brooklyn Museum, especially the work of Mickalene Thomas, Sanford Biggers, Oliver Jeffers, and the ancient Egyptians. 

This week, the song was inspired by her visit of the Museum of Sex.

• Nashville Indie Spotlight

The Nashville Indie Spotlight is an exclusive album which contains 22 songs about 22 artists of some of the best indie artists based in Nashville. These amazing artists are Brooke Waggoner, Sandra McCracken, Leagues, The Saint Johns, Holly Williams, Courtney Jaye, Amy Stroup, Katie Herzig, Trent Dabbs, K.S Rhoads, Kate Tucker, Matthew Perryman Jones, Emily West, Erin McCarley, Paper Route, Escondido, Lara Landon, The Vespers, The Kicks, Shannon LaBrie, Heather Bond, Mindy Smith.

This album is only 7.99 $ on itunes, plus 30+ other albums on sale for $6.99 or less!

Facebook : http://www.facebook.com/NashvilleIndieSpotlight

Christmas Songs Series II with Katie Costello

Katie Costello is a singer-songwriter based in Brooklyn. She has released two full-length albums “Kaleidoscope Machine” (2008), “Lamplight” (2011), and two 5-song EPs, “The City In Me” (2010), “Follow Your Every Beat” (2012). 

For the Holiday Season, Katie has written her first holiday song called "This Time Of Year". The song is available on itunes. If you buy it, half of the proceeds of this song will be donated to The Red Cross Hurricane Sandy Relief Effort.

"Katie Costello is both a musical force and a comedic force to be reckoned with. She is a character in her own right and everyone she meets is astounded by the profound creative insight she has already developed at such a young age. The self-proclaimed “song-doodler,” interweb philosopher, absurdist, and music farmer very fittingly describes her music with a word she’s also made up: Kitsch-Edge… A fusion of kitschy and edgy. "

Website : http://katiecostellomusic.com/
Facebook : http://www.facebook.com/katiecostellomusic
Twitter : https://twitter.com/katiemusic
Youtube : http://www.youtube.com/user/katiecostellomusic

Christmas Songs Series II with Stephie Coplan

Stephie Coplan from the band Stephie Coplan & The Pedestrians performed an original christmas song during her show at Legendary Dobbs in Philadelphia. This song is "No Assholes On Chrsitmas".

Christmas Songs Series II : Canaries In The Coal Mine

Canaries In The Coal Mine is a band made up of Chase Gassaway and Jordan Whitmore. 

In 2011, they wrote a Christmas album called Scarf Weather, which contained originals and holiday favorites. This year they are back with new videos.

Canaries In The Coal Mine - "Rudolph"

Canaries In The Coal Mine - "Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas"

Website : http://www.canariesinthecoalmine.com/

Facebook : http://www.facebook.com/canariesinthecoalmine

itunes : https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/scarf-weather-ep/

Artists News n°7 : Holly Drummond and Ida Gard

• Holly Drummond

Holly Drummond has posted a new video on youtube. She covered the song "Troublemaker" by Olly Murs. She should post other videos soon so keep an eye on her youtube channel.

• Ida Gard

Ida Gard had a show December 13th at The Sidewalk Cafe in New York. During the show she performed some of her new songs. In the video bellow, you can listen to one of them called "When Are  You Gonna Come". This great song foreshadows amazing upcoming new songs.

Christmas Songs Series II : Christmas Time With The Anna Johnson Band

Christmas is in 12 days so it's time to create a good christmas atmosphere with great christmas songs, covers or originals, by talented indie artists. Tonight I gonna start this 2nd edition of the christmas songs series with the Anna Johnson Band and their album "Christmastime"

"Chrsitmastime" is the first Christmas album Anna Johnson has made. It's a great album is enhanced by Anna and Julia's beautiful voices. The album features 2 entirely original songs, 1 remake of a more obscure hymn called "I Wonder As I Wander", 5 Anna Johnson Band arrangements of familiar holiday favorites, a party track, and a funny little bonus at the end. You can buy it on itunes, spotify or Anna Johnson's website.

Anna Johnson - "I Wonder As I Wander"

Anna Johnson - "Gloria"

Anna Johnson - "Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas"

Anna Johnson - "Christmastime"

Artists news n°6 : David Ramirez, Marie Dahlstrøm and Penny Police

• David Ramirez

David Ramirez shot a video for his song 'Fire Of Time" with Ryan Booth from Serialbox Presents.

• Marie Dahlstrøm

Marie Dahlstrøm sang her song "Twice" for thr Dropout UK live acoustic sessions. If you like this song, you can download it for free on soundcloud.

• Penny Police

Penny Police has a new official video for her song "As Long As You Watch My Heart", from her last album "The Broken, The Beggar, The Thief". This beautiful video has been released by a team of student at American Film Institute.

Sarah & Lindsay's last song of 2012 : "Just One Kiss"

Tonight, it's my last post of the year about Sarah & Lindsay's 12in12 project, as December 12 celebrate the last song of this incredible series. The december song is "Just One Kiss".

Sarah & Lindsay have their CD release party in Nashville tonight at 7 pm at the Noteable Blends. So if you live in Nashville, you still have few hours to plan your night and to go to the show :

"It is our pleasure to invite you to the Sarah & Lindsay 12in12 EP Release Party on December 12, 2012, at 7 p.m. 

Come celebrate the end of this amazing year and the 12in12 project! We will have food, wine, artisan coffees, teas and espressos, and we will be playing a few of the 12in12 songs for you! 

For directions to Noteable, visit their website: http://noteableblends.com/streetmap.html "




The girls made a video where they come back to this amazing year with this crazy project to do write a new song for the 12th of each month.

Artists news n°5 : Andrea Hamilton, Jc Villafan, Jenni Alpert, Mali Korsten, Paul Federici

• Andrea Hamilton

Andrea Hamilton has covered Rhianna's song "We Found Love".

• Jc Villafan

Jc Villafan performed his song "My Friend" for Ont' Sofa Gibson Sessions.

• Jenni Alpert

Jenni Alpert has posted 2 videos on youtube live in Holland of 2 songs from her last album "Take It All".

Jenni Alpert - "Listen To Your Heart"

Jenni Alpert - "Real Thing"

• Mali Korsten

Guitar players and fans of Mali Korsten, you can now learn how to play her beautiful song "Lead Me Home" thanks to the tutorial Mali has made.

• Paul Federici

Paul Federici has released an official video for his song "Without You".

Artists news n°4 : Ida Gard and Jenny Owen Youngs

Hey Guys,

I hope you're doing well. I haven't presented you a new artist for a long time but I promise you to do that as soon as possible when I'll have a bit more free time. Anyway I'll try to keep you update with the news about artists already featured on the blog. As you've seen, there's a lot of things happening in the indie artists world and I hope you appreciate the brieve news I give you about them. For tonight, it will concern 2 amazing women : Ida Gard and Jenny Owen Youngs !

In around a week, I'll start again a christmas song series as I did last year. I already have few songs for you. If you want to suggest me a song, don't hesitate to send it to me via email, twitter or facebook.

• Ida Gard

Ida Gard performed a song little known live at PirateCat Radio in San Francisco 2 years ago. Ida shared it again today on social networks. This song is "No fire, no fee Gigolo". Besides being a great song, as Ida know well to do, she gave it a touch of humor.

Reminder : She has a show December 13th !

• Jenny Owen Youngs

Jenny Owen Youngs has started to work on a new song project called "Exhibit".

Every Tuesday for 8 weeks, she will spend time in a New York City museum. Within one week's time, she will compose and record a song inspired by the visit.

The first song of this series "Here Comes The Monster" was inspired by The American Museum of Natural History’s Hall of Marine Life.

Artists news n°3 : Because Of Lily, Ida Gard, Jc Villafan & Perry O'Parson

• Because Of Lily 

Because Of Lily has recorded a video live at Kayz's home for a new song called "No Where To Go".

• Ida Gard

New Yorkers, Ida Gard is in your city. She has a 25 minutes solo showcase  planned @ Sidewalk at 21:00 (EST) :

Sidewalk

94 Avenue A

New York 10009

ALL AGES welcome. Minimum 1 food/drink purchase + tip jar.

For this occasion, Ida will perform all her new songs, so don't miss this show and this amazing danish singer-songwriter.

• Jc Villafan

Jc Villafan has ended his French & UK tour and will be now performing in the US for his Winter Tour. To see this amazing folk/soul artist performing, check out the dates and venues bellow :

• Perry O'Parson

Perry O'Parson has released a new 10-tracks album called "Bad Harvest". This album is available on bandcamp. Perry performed his song "So Cold The Night" from this album at the Weingartner Musiktage.

If you live in Germany, here's some places where you can go to see Perry performing :

- 15.12.2012 - Mainz // Pengland
- 16.12.2012 - Heidelberg // Villa Nachttanz
- 17.12.2012 - Tübingen // Tübinger Sofa (Rothenburg)
- 18.12.2012 - Stuttgart // Sideways
- 19.12.2012 - Kirchheim // Wunderbar
- 20.12.2012 - Freiburg // Erika Bar
- 21.12.2012 - Basel (CH) // Cafe Hammer
- 22.12.2012 - Koblenz // Forum Mittelrhein